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Flickr Photography Community: Enhancing Skills and Creativity Together

Join Flickr's vibrant community to connect with millions of photography enthusiasts, share images, and explore special interest groups. Discover creative commons features, edit photos with tools like Picnik, and participate in discussions. Learn digital camera basics, explore composition techniques like the rule of thirds, and experiment with balancing elements in your photos. Engage in a class activity by analyzing interesting photos from Flickr and discussing their composition, visual impact, and the lessons they offer for photography.

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Flickr Photography Community: Enhancing Skills and Creativity Together

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  1. Flickr and Digital Photography

  2. Flickr in a Nutshell • Community of photographers • Millions of users • Special Interest Groups • Sharing Images • Creative Commons

  3. Features • Hosting • Photostream RSS feed • Editing (picnik) • Rotate, crop, resize, exposure, colors, sharpen, red-eye • Tags • Discussion • Order prints/merchandise

  4. Digital Camera Basics • White balance • Optical vs. digital zoom • Image compression (JPG, TIFF)

  5. Rule of Thirds

  6. Tips • Balance Elements • Use other POI to balance frame • Play with symmetry • Experiment with vantage point • Consider background blending • Watch for “leading lines” • Don’t center everything • Consider Framing/Depth of Field

  7. Class Activity • Go to http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/ • Select one of the photos to discuss as a group. • Answer these questions: • What is the picture’s composition? • What makes this picture interesting? • What kind of comments/discussion did the picture receive, if any? • What can we learn about photography from studying this image?

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